hayden



(No Model.)

H.,w. HAYDEN. LAME BURNER. No. 262,666. Patented Aug. 15,. 1882.

N. PETERS. Pnuwum n her. Washington, D. c.

NITE STATES HIRAM W. HAYDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TOHOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,666, dated August15, 1882. Application flledApril 17, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

) Be it known that I, HIRAM W. HAYDEN, of

\Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvemcnt in Lamp-Burners, of which the following is aspecification.

Lamps have been made with two wicks and separate wick-raisers. They areheavy and expensive. The chimney rests on the base ofthe cone. The ringof springs that holds thechimhey is also fastened to the cone andoccupies considerable space in proportion to the size of wick and lightproduced.

My invention is for simplifying the lamp,

[5 lessening the amount of metal required, preventing the lamp becomingheated, and making the burner cheaper and more durable; and theinvention consists in the combination of devices as hereinafter setforth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the burner. Fig. 2 isa plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan.

The base a of the burner is made with the screw at b for attaching thesame to the lamp- 2 5 reservoir. The wick-tubes d e pass through thebase and are secured thereto at theirlower ends.

The wick-raisers are made of pointed wheels on the shaft 0 0. Theseshafts pass through 0 and are sustained inthe upper part of the base a.The shaft 0 is longer than the shaft 0, in order that its thumb-wheel fmay be farther away from the burner than the wheel f of the shaft 0.This allows for easily grasping either 5 one of the wheels and movingthe same without disturbing the other.

The arms h extend outwardly from the top edges of the base a, and theyare secured at their ends to the air-distributer plate It. Thisair-distributer plate It has a flat portion at 2, upon which the chimneyrests. It is raised, as at 3, and perforated for the passage of airoutside the cone. It is raised still higher and formed witha circularshoulder at 4, upon 5 which the base of the cone or deflector l rests;and there is a convex surface at 5, which is perforated to form theair-distributer. The

wick-tubes pass through and are supported by this air-distributer. Bythis peculiar construction the air-distributer prevents heat beingradiated to the base a, and there is but little conducted to the base bythe wick-tubes, because the space around the wick-tubes is open and freefor the air to circulate as it passes up to the air-distributer. Thecone or deflector 5 5 is movable and hinged at 0, or otherwise held inposition, so that it can be swung back or removed, and it is made withtwo flame-slots over the respective wick-tubes. The metalbetween suchslots is V-shaped or inclincdin opposite directions, so as to direct theair upon the base of the flame and cause a perfect coinbustion.

Instead of using a crown-shaped chimneyholder made of an open-work metalcylinder 6 of numerous spiings, I employ in this lamp the flat strips ofmetal 8, introduced between the arms hand the air-distributer, andsecured by the rivets that hold said arms. These strips are bentdownwardly and then upwardly, and 0 curved, as shown, to form thechimney-holding springs, and these are located so that the deflectorswings back between two of them.

This lamp is durable, cheap, and reliable. Thereisbut littleshadowcastbelow the burner. The heat of the flame does not reach the reservoirto any appreciable extent, and a very brilliant light is obtained thatis free from smoke and under perfect control.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the base a and its armsh, of the air-distributor supported by such arms, the two wick-tubespassing through the base and air-distributer, the wick-raiser wheels,and the two shafts carrying the same, 85 the hinged cone having duplexflame-slots, and means for holding the chimney in position,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 14th day of April, A. D. 1882.

H. W. HAYDEN. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

